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Trump is setting the US on a path to educational authoritarianism

While we watch students getting handcuffed, vague new guidelines create a culture of fear over teaching our history

The Guardian - US

US arrests second student over Columbia University pro-Palestinian activism

The Trump administration has compared student protests at the New York school to support for ‘terrorist’ activities.

Al Jazeera

University of North Texas and Rice University under federal investigation for “race-exclusionary practices”

The Texas universities are among dozens accused of violating the law by partnering with a group that had sought to increase diversity in graduate programs.

The Texas Tribune

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At the Races: We don’t need no Education (Department) - Roll Call

Catch up on the political news of the past week in the latest At the Races newsletter, including more federal layoffs and Senate retirements.

Roll Call

Is This the Beginning of the End for the Department of Education?

The department laid off over 1,300 employees this week.

Reason

Trump promised to take on campus discrimination, but mass cuts at Education Department make it ‘impossible’ to investigate civil rights complaints

Trump administration has put hundreds of civil rights employees on leave, leaving Department of Education less able to field complaints from students

The Independent UK

Mass layoffs at Education Department signal Trump’s plan to gut the agency

The Trump administration on Tuesday slashed staff at the Department of Education – firing roughly 1,300 employees – as part of its long-planned effort to eliminate the agency entirely. The move leaves the department with 2,183 employees, down from more than 4,000 at the beginning of the year.

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Trump's Education Secretary Doesn't Know What IDEA Is and Special Needs Parents Are Outraged

Education Secretary Linda McMahon was unable to define the acronym IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) on Fox News, worrying advocates.

Latin Times

Trump's DOE Secretary Claims Firing Half The Department Won't Take Education Away From Kids: 'We'll See Our Scores Go Up'

Education Secretary Linda McMahon said students' scores will go up despite the government's drive to shut down the department

Latin Times

Chuck Schumer says Democrats will not support ‘partisan’ Republican funding bill to avoid shutdown – as it happened

Republicans only have 52 yes votes and senator says Democrats won’t help get to the 60 votes needed for the bill to pass. This blog is now closed.

The Guardian - US

With mass layoffs, McMahon and Trump begin mission to end Education Department - Roll Call

Education Secretary Linda McMahon said Tuesday that large-scale staffing cuts at her department are a step toward ending its operations.

Roll Call

Education Department announces it’s cutting staff by half as Trump looks to shutter it

Over a thousand people will be laid off from the 4,000-person agency

The Independent UK

Trump administration briefing: education department to be halved as Trump walks back Canada tariffs

Education secretary Linda McMahon describes layoffs as ‘significant step towards restoring greatness’ – key US politics stories from Tuesday at a glance

The Guardian - US

US education department to lay off 1,300 people as Trump vows to close agency

Firings announced on Tuesday as administration decried as ‘detached from how Americans live’

The Guardian - US

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Al Jazeera

US Education Department to halve staff as Trump pushes for elimination

US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon says administration will work with the US Congress to abolish department.

Salon

DOE to layoff half of workforce

Education Secretary Linda McMahon said her end goal is to completely shutter the department

The Independent UK

Education Department plans to lay off 1,300 employees as Trump vows to wind the agency down

The Education Department plans to lay off over 1,300 of its more than 4,000 employees as part of a reorganization that’s seen as a prelude to President Donald Trump’s plan to shut down the agency

The Independent UK

Dozens of colleges in Trump administration’s crosshairs for ‘anti-semitism’ after Trump administration yanks $400m from Columbia

Department of Education warned colleges and universities across the country of the financial repercussions of what they characterize as failing to protect Jewish students

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The Independent UK

Linda McMahon tries to walk back shutting down education department

‘This is not a turn off the lights and walk out of the department,’ the newly confirmed education secretary says

International Business Times

Trump Administration Cancels $400 Million In Grants Allocated To Columbia University

The review and subsequent cancellation of funding have raised questions about the administration's approach to university funding.

The Guardian - US

Jimmy Kimmel on Trump’s tariffs: ‘Can you believe we’re shaking down Canada?’

Late-night hosts discuss Trump’s game of chicken with tariffs on Canada and Mexico and more Doge-induced chaos

International Business Times UK

What Does The Department Of Education Do And Why Does Trump Want To Abolish It? What You Need To Know

Trump has tasked Linda McMahon with shutting down the Education Department, a move that would require congressional approval.

Al Jazeera

Trump sends mixed signals over the fate of the Department of Education

Democrats have denounced Trump’s proposal to close the department as placing added burdens on rural states and students.

The Independent UK

Trump is preparing an executive order to dismantle Education Department

Drafted executive order instructs Linda McMahon to ‘take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Education Department’

The Independent UK

What will happen to student loans if the Department of Education is closed down?

Trump has begun the process of dismantling the Department of Education, which manages a $1.7 trillion student loan portfolio

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